{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 243: New X-Men \u2013 E Is for Extinction","description":" Superstar writer Grant Morrison updates the X-Men for the 21st century as All My Xs, our decade-by-decade miniseries on Marvel\u2019s mega-popular mutant franchise, continues with a discussion of E Is for Extinction \u2013 specifically, New X-Men issues #114-117 and #121 \u2013 by Morrison, Frank Quitely and Ethan Van Sciver, published by Marvel Comics! It\u2019s not a shock that the writer behind Vertigo\u2019s The Invisibles would remake the X-Men into a cooler-than-thou team of leather-jacketed badasses. But what might come as a surprise is just how over-the-top dark and edgy this book gets \u2013 and that\u2019s before an intriguing new villain slaughters an island nation of several million mutants! What is the terrible secret linking Cassandra Nova to Professor X? Does E really stand for \u201cedgelord\u201d? And can the coolest-looking teachers at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning break into that invitation-only faculty lounge known as \u2026 The Comics Canon? In This Episode: \u00b7       Curt wonders what \u201clost in the sauce\u201d means \u00b7       Grant Morrison\u2019s X-Men manifesto \u00b7       The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale, by John Klassen \u00b7       Uncanny X-Men #159 and 160       Join us in two weeks as we mark the spookiest time of the year with a look at The Closet, by James Tynion IV and Gavin Fullerton! Until then:Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook or Bluesky! And as always, thanks for listening! ","author_name":"The Comics Canon","author_url":"http:\/\/www.comicscanon.com","html":"